Re: how is your leisure time going?

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: "Kathryn M" <http://www.kathaus.dhs.org/~kat>
 > Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 18:36:34 -0700
 >
 > Hey Robert,
 > What is up?  How are you dealing with not working? or have you found 
 > another job already?

Nope, no job yet.  I've been looking for jobs in CA mostly.  No bites so
far.  I was wondering if I could find a job where I would work from home;
I really enjoy being alone during the day and not having the burden of
interacting with people.  In any case, I don't expect to get a job 'til
maybe next summer or even fall of 2003.

In the meanwhile, I've been enjoying working on my own projects.  And I'm
still enjoying my time off.  I get to ride my bike more, get to go to
the local Farmer's Market in Brookline, and have been doing small things
on the house.

 > Hope things are well.
 > I'm doing ok.  I just started a Tae Kwan Do class, you know, martial arts.  
 > It has been pretty fun so far.  The firat class kicked my butt, I am so out of 
 > shape.  The second class was easier, but I think the instructor was 
 > going easy on us.  The third class wasn't a class really because it was 
 > this one woman's 2nd degree black belt test.  So for her it was a 
 > workout, but the rest of us lower belts just sat on out butts.  
 > It is very similar to the style I was doing before so that makes it both 
 > easier and harder.

Did you do Tae Kwan Do before?  I think Mike Scary did that,
right?  In any case, I haven't done any marital arts anything since I took
Judo as a kid (12 years old); oh, but there was that one Tai Chi class,
but that was only 2 months.

 > Say "Hi" to Noelle for me.

Sure.

Noelle's car is starting to die.  The transmission is screwed up -- it
shifts only after the engine goes to a high RPM (unless you play with the
manual shifter).  We were told it would take over $1000 to fix.  The
muffler's also becoming louder and louder.  We're thinking of going
carless and signing up for ZipCar and renting cars when necessary.
Noelle's car insurance comes up for renewal in January.  Our plan is to
try ZipCar under trial starting at the end of October (the trial lasts 2
months) and see how we like it.  If we like it, then we'll sell the car
(probably for parts).

Jello Biafra's going to be coming here (Brookline) in a few weeks.
Finally.  A small taste of civilization.  I think Sleater-Kinney is
supposed to be playing here, too.  I think The Coup played here a bit ago,
but we didn't see them.

Oh, I got an e-mail from Guillaume.  Remember Guillaume in Less
Miserables?  I had lost touch with him for a while, but he managed to
e-mail me again.  Anyway, he lost his job.  I know he was living in a
squat in Grenoble in France for a while, but don't know if he still is.

Also, I got an e-mail from Camilla Ha (Sue Lee's friend).  She did a web
search on her name and found it on my web page; she then contacted me.
She lives in Chicago and (I think) is doing spoken word-type stuff.

That's the big news for now.

See ya!

 > Take care,
 > Kathryn